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    XXXL Bandit strikes in Clear Lake again
    August 25, 2010 7:02 am
    Jenny Montgomery wrote:

    FBI investigators believe the bank robber they're calling the "XXXL Bandit" hit a credit union inside a Clear Lake City grocery store again this week.

    Store surveillance photo from FBI

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    Clear Lake City, Crime
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    Fire probed at school playground [update]
    August 19, 2010 8:21 am
    Jenny Montgomery wrote:

    MyFoxHouston is reporting that there was a playground fire overnight at Clear Lake City's Whitcomb Elementary School.

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    Clear Creek ISD, Clear Lake City
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    Man pleads guilty to stealing famed flight suit
    August 18, 2010 7:13 am
    Jenny Montgomery wrote:

    A Clear Lake City resident who used to be a NASA contractor has pleaded guilty to stealing one of Sally Ride's flight suits.

    Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. NASA photo

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    Clear Lake City, Crime, NASA
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    Video: Police fire at pair mistaken for burglars
    August 17, 2010 6:54 am
    Jenny Montgomery wrote:
    KTRK has posted surveillance video from last week's incident in which police shot at a Clear Lake bar owner they mistook for a burglar. See what happened at Smokin'J's Sports Bar on Dixie Farm Road.
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    Clear Lake City, Crime
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    Search is on for XXXL bank robber
    August 16, 2010 7:03 am
    Jenny Montgomery wrote:

    The FBI is asking for help tracking down a man of "unique large stature" who robbed a credit union inside the El Camino Real Kroger and a bank in the Clear Lake City Boulevard Randall's this summer.

    Surveillance photo from FBI

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    Clear Lake City, Crime
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    Catch `Vertigo' at Arts Alliance Center
    August 13, 2010 12:36 pm
    Greg May wrote:

    A free showing of the Hitchcock favorite Vertigo is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 19, at The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake.

    Paramount photo

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    Clear Lake City, Events, Nassau Bay, News around town
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    Autism center starts lecture series
    August 12, 2010 3:19 pm
    Greg May wrote:

    The University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities will kick off the fall semester with a presentation from its Community Lecture Series titled “An Overview of Current Treatment Strategies in Autism.”

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    Clear Lake City, Colleges, Events, News around town
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    Young artists show off works
    August 10, 2010 2:35 pm
    Greg May wrote:

    Emily Adams, 9, who attends Robinson Elementary, shows off the tie-dye T shirt she made in her Art Off the Wall class.: Courtesy The Arts Alliance of Clear LakeEmily Adams, 9, who attends Robinson Elementary, shows off the tie-dye T shirt she made in her Art Off the Wall class.: Courtesy The Arts Alliance of Clear LakeThe Arts Alliance of Clear Lake's summer arts camp resulted in works by young artists that were placed on exhibit last week.

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    Clear Lake City, Schools, News around town
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    Time short for red-light ban proposal to make ballot
    August 10, 2010 12:00 pm
    Greg May wrote:

    Opponents of Houston's red-light camera program have presented more than 30,000 signatures backing a proposed charter amendment to ban the cameras. The question is: Is there enough time for the signatures to be verified before an Aug. 24 deadline for the proposal to make the fall ballot?

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    Clear Lake City, Roads and traffic, News around town
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    Expanded shuttle service offered
    August 5, 2010 3:43 pm
    Greg May wrote:

    Harris County Transit’s expanded bus service along Bay Area Boulevard now includes two stops on the University of Houston-Clear Lake campus.

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    Clear Lake City, Colleges, Roads and traffic, News around town
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